Murder arrest after woman's body found

A woman's body was found at a house in Batley

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and police are looking for two more people who may have "come to harm" in West Yorkshire.

Officers were initially called to reports of an armed robbery in Asda in Dewsbury at about 21:20 BST on Saturday, where they arrested the 37-year-old man and seized a knife.

West Yorkshire Police said he told them there was a dead woman at a house in Batley.

The body of a woman, believed to be in her 20s, was subsequently found in Norfolk Street.

Asda in Dewsbury was cordoned off by police

The force is making inquiries into the welfare of a man and a woman in Dewsbury, and on Sunday there was police activity in the town centre, near the River Calder and in Westtown.

Det Ch Insp Dan Bates said: "This is clearly a very serious incident, where a young woman has lost her life.

"There is a heightened police presence in Dewsbury today as we work to establish the full circumstances surrounding this incident.

"Our immediate priority is to identify and locate the two people and establish whether or not they have come to any harm.

"A murder investigation is also under way [but] we do not believe there is any wider risk to the public at this time."

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